Northern California woman guilty of killing 2-year-old daughter

TURLOCK, Calif. (AP) - A Northern California woman charged with killing her 2-year-old daughter with cerebral palsy by leaving her with no food or water for nearly three days has been convicted of second-degree murder.

On Thursday afternoon, a jury found Brandy Lee Rose Devine of Turlock guilty in the death of her daughter Stephanie Torres in July 2012.

The Modesto Bee reports (http://bit.ly/HKieBg ) that Devine told authorities she smoked methamphetamine in her home with an unknown man while her daughter remained in a room alone.

Marcus Mumford, Devine's defense attorney, says his client didn't know at the time that not feeding her child or giving her water would result in death and that Devine's conduct was criminally negligent but not murder.

Devine is scheduled to be sentenced Dec. 13.

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Northern California woman guilty of killing 2-year-old daughter

TURLOCK, Calif. (AP) - A Northern California woman charged with killing her 2-year-old daughter with cerebral palsy by leaving her with no food or water for nearly three days has been convicted of

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